Geoff was bridge building in this one - again. He wrote all the chorus and bridge sections for this, as there were none in the origanl song, and they fit beautifully.
In the BTS Geoff was sitting on the floor with a laptop at his house and projecting images on a wall while working on the background scenes. I don't believe that he mentioned a source for them. He and Kathy filmed this at a new location. I believe I remember the projector was behind the center chair sitting on a box or something similar. Took them a couple of hours to set up and he mentioned having to really work on lighting to avoid shadows. Edited - I checked...the projector was sitting on a short stand behind the middle chair.
We always divided Country Music (southeastern) from Western Music (southwestern). Western tells a story of legend/cowboy/gunslinger like "Big Iron"," Ghost Riders in the Sky" "El Paso" etc...Country more Appalachian, , maybe wrong that's just us but we prefer Western style story songs if we listen to any. Marty Robbins was a wonderful storyteller and I think Geoff did it proud. This is from a 1960 album "Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs"
After my natural dad went away, my mom remarried. Our dad adopted us and let us play his nice stereo and his records. There were a fair number of country-western songs like Hank Williams Sr, Marty Robbins, Tennesee Ernie Ford, Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Chet Adkins. So this one that Geoff did was a blast from the past. I'm with you on Unshaken, it seems to pertinent to the times now.
Geoff's patrons begged him to turn the short of the song into a full song. Marty Robbins did the original many years ago, but it has been in several video games as well, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Fallout: New Vegas. Several short movies have been made from the story line, too.
I'm one of those people who often isn't a fan of songs that Geoff covers, and somehow he makes these songs enjoyable. It's a special bit of magic that he creates!
This was always one of my favorite western songs by Marty Robbins. But like most songs and stories, they are pure fiction. The old west high noon quick draw gun fights are a complete myth invented by western novels and Hollywood. Never happened that way in real life, not even once. With a few notable exceptions the wild west wasn`t all that wild. But fiction is often a lot more fun than the real world, so the myths keep growing and the larger than life characters and events keep getting larger. Part of the human culture. We need our heroes and villains. And if we don`t have them, we invent them.
An AZ ranger. AZ equivalent of the Texas rangers. Interestingly both ranger organizations still exist. To actually have 2 or 3 people in a small western town with pistols (big irons) would be above average (other than law enforcement) due to high cost of about $2000 in 2024 money. Rifles were common for hunting and self defense and a fraction of the cost.He has a 5 octave voice.
So Fallout: New Vegas and RDR2 are obviously not games you have played... great reaction though. Geoff's chordal harmonies are next level masterful arranger for both his and VP's songs. As far as the background goes it is also possible that Eli had a hand (although he isn't credited) lately he has taken over the the backgrounds etc. creates in Unreal Engine much easier and better than green screen technology.
Geoff was bridge building in this one - again. He wrote all the chorus and bridge sections for this, as there were none in the origanl song, and they fit beautifully.
I like these storytelling songs
Geoff does them so well.
In the BTS Geoff was sitting on the floor with a laptop at his house and projecting images on a wall while working on the background scenes. I don't believe that he mentioned a source for them. He and Kathy filmed this at a new location. I believe I remember the projector was behind the center chair sitting on a box or something similar. Took them a couple of hours to set up and he mentioned having to really work on lighting to avoid shadows. Edited - I checked...the projector was sitting on a short stand behind the middle chair.
Based on the final image in the film, I would guess much of the background was AI.
We always divided Country Music (southeastern) from Western Music (southwestern). Western tells a story of legend/cowboy/gunslinger like "Big Iron"," Ghost Riders in the Sky" "El Paso" etc...Country more Appalachian, , maybe wrong that's just us but we prefer Western style story songs if we listen to any. Marty Robbins was a wonderful storyteller and I think Geoff did it proud. This is from a 1960 album "Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs"
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@@palgrace thank you! Check out my acapella reactions playlist for most of those. I need to make sure all of them are there lol.
After my natural dad went away, my mom remarried. Our dad adopted us and let us play his nice stereo and his records. There were a fair number of country-western songs like Hank Williams Sr, Marty Robbins, Tennesee Ernie Ford, Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Chet Adkins. So this one that Geoff did was a blast from the past.
I'm with you on Unshaken, it seems to pertinent to the times now.
Geoff's patrons begged him to turn the short of the song into a full song. Marty Robbins did the original many years ago, but it has been in several video games as well, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Fallout: New Vegas. Several short movies have been made from the story line, too.
I'm one of those people who often isn't a fan of songs that Geoff covers, and somehow he makes these songs enjoyable. It's a special bit of magic that he creates!
This was a favorite Marty Robbins song when I was a kid some years ago.
This was always one of my favorite western songs by Marty Robbins. But like most songs and stories, they are pure fiction.
The old west high noon quick draw gun fights are a complete myth invented by western novels and Hollywood. Never happened that way in real life, not even once. With a few notable exceptions the wild west wasn`t all that wild. But fiction is often a lot more fun than the real world, so the myths keep growing and the larger than life characters and events keep getting larger. Part of the human culture. We need our heroes and villains. And if we don`t have them, we invent them.
An AZ ranger. AZ equivalent of the Texas rangers. Interestingly both ranger organizations still exist. To actually have 2 or 3 people in a small western town with pistols (big irons) would be above average (other than law enforcement) due to high cost of about $2000 in 2024 money. Rifles were common for hunting and self defense and a fraction of the cost.He has a 5 octave voice.
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So Fallout: New Vegas and RDR2 are obviously not games you have played... great reaction though. Geoff's chordal harmonies are next level masterful arranger for both his and VP's songs. As far as the background goes it is also possible that Eli had a hand (although he isn't credited) lately he has taken over the the backgrounds etc. creates in Unreal Engine much easier and better than green screen technology.
@@_3clipse_ rdr2 I bounced off of and I'm not the biggest fallout fan. Last I played was 3.
Never cared for this song, still don't. Geoff sure sings it beautifully though.